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PrincessTast...	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 10:07 AM But what the heck is a mellotron, and is it something Flying Apparatus could get?
Opossum	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 10:11 AM I THINK it's an old style electronic organ that played tapes of strings (and choir in some cases?), but there was often trouble with the tapes getting chewed or something. I may be wrong though. I have a soundfont that simulates one, anyway.
PrincessTast...	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 10:11 AM That's interesting.
Opossum	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 10:14 AM Okay, I just found a wikipedia page that gives all the info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron
PrincessTast...	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 10:31 AM Geez those things are expensive! I was just trying to think of unusual instruments to experiment with.
zedsalt	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 10:41 AM Techie types are always trying to come up with passable soft Mellotrons. I have no real knowledge on the subject, outside of the fact that there sure does seem to be an awful lot of attempts... REM, Smashing Pumpkins, a few other bands that escape me at the moment- a lot of folks have tried their own simplified versions by making multilayer tracks, bouncing them to a multitrack, and playing the faders...
zedsalt	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 10:44 AM The Moody Blues' keyboardist quit and was hired by the band to be a touring keyboard tech, because he was the only person they knew who could keep at least one of their three Mellotrons working at a time. They're just THAT prone to breakdown and difficult to maintain!
shadowself	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 11:25 AM Mellotrons are bloody awesome, but I would never want to own one. Too many moving parts, too many things to go wrong. I also imagine that getting replacement reels for them would be a little difficult these days. In one of the sound packs I have for Reason there are a few passable Mellotron sounds. If you wanna hear a cool Mellotron bit, listen to the beginning of Watcher of the Skies by Genesis.
NickSawyer	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 6:43 PM Here's a free mellotron plugin: http://www.tweakbench.com/tapeworm there's an MP3 demo on there too, sounds pretty good to me
shadowself	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 6:46 PM Because of this thread, I have had Mellotron Scratch by Porcupine Tree in my head all day. Life is good.
NickSawyer	Date: April 24, 2007 @ 7:32 PM Just tried the plugin. Works nice
sillythewilly	Date: April 25, 2007 @ 2:36 AM ee, the demo sounds pretty cool, downloading, thanks
PrincessTast...	Date: April 25, 2007 @ 8:38 AM On 24th Apr 2009, shadowself said: Mellotrons are bloody awesome, but I would never want to own one. Too many moving parts, too many things to go wrong. I also imagine that getting replacement reels for them would be a little difficult these days. In one of the sound packs I have for Reason there are a few passable Mellotron sounds. If you wanna hear a cool Mellotron bit, listen to the beginning of Watcher of the Skies by Genesis. It's all over King Crimson's first album, too. Does that plug in come in a Mac version?
NickSawyer	Date: April 25, 2007 @ 9:23 AM On 25th Apr 2009, PrincessTastebud said: Does that plug in come in a Mac version? I don't think so
Alwex	Date: April 25, 2007 @ 9:37 AM Other bands that use the mellotron often and does so Very good, are the swedish prog bands Anekdoten and Morte Macabre. if you want nice intstruments to play around with then go for a vibraphone and xylophone aswell.

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